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chrome_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application chrome_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from mobitraxster.com.
Publisher:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by Premium Installer)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
00b2d6066a5efe23be2b15fe18e9c021

SHA-1:
cddb1ea4fb3b52e65a6c68191dcdab2dabfe2f6c

SHA-256:
4d4d545e5071e70f79b9bfd0732f1471b9f0ef9cb58a1d40880b212512b72852

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 10:45:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
373

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
2014.11.17

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.186.130

avast!
Win32:Installer-K [PUP]
2014.9-160127

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.ExpressInstall
2017.0.2851

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
1.0.20.135

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-328
0.98/20566

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
20105

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.539
9.0.1.027

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
8.16.01.27.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
1/27/2016

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.F.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif
11.2016-27-01_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.14021

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.751

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2016.01.27.06

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
17.0.0.81

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.csqtcz
0.28.6.63362

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
11.20160127

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1814168
14.11.14.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
16.01.27.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.iBryte.DC4
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.PremiumInstaller.Installer (M)
16.1.27.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.492
23.00.65.16125

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.613
2.0.0.1983

File size:
1.2 MB (1,290,904 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 ExpressInstaller

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/13/2013 5:01:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9VZ3oHlj/pD5GI3nZdiw67XsgsRAg5iuaP:81pQUnfiNNsRP5iH

Entry address:
0x469C

Entry point:
E8, FB, 35, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 5C, C2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, C0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
7.0407

Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

The file chrome_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mobitraxster.com/go.php?c=408&l=659&subid=2112789124

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